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Ministry of Railways
Largest Recruitment Drive for the Para-Medical Staff by Indian Railways
Computer Based Test for Recruitment to 1923 Posts of Para-Medical Categories will start from 19th July, 2019
Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections will be available to Eligible Candidates
More than 4.39 Lakh Candidates will appear for the Test
Female candidates constitute 62 per cent of the total candidates
More than 50 % Candidates will be appearing for the post of Staff Nurse
The Test will be held in 345 Test Centres in 107 towns/cities across the country
Indian Railways will conduct the largest recruitment drive for the Para-Medical categories. The Computer Based Test  for recruitment to 1923 posts of Para-Medical categories will commence from 19.07.2019. The test will be conducted over three days from 19.07.2019 to 21.07.2019 and on each day there will be three shifts. In this recruitment drive, more than 4.39 lakh candidates will be taking the test which will be held in 345 test Centres in 107 towns/cities across the country.
This is first recruitment by Indian Railways in which reservation for Economically Weaker Sections  will be available to eligible candidates. Against 10 per cent of the total vacancies earmarked for EWS candidates, 4654 EWS candidates will be appearing in the Tests.
The Computer Based Test will be of 90 minutes duration with 30 minutes extra for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities . The tests will comprise questions from Professional Stream, General Awareness, General Arithmetic, General Intelligence & Reasoning and General Science. There will be multiple choice objective questions.
The questions of the test will be available in 15 different languages, including English and Hindi. The candidates can view the question in English and the language the candidate has opted as the medium of test.
The largest number of candidates applied for this recruitment is from Uttar Pradesh  followed by Rajasthan , Maharashtra , Kerala .
The noticeable feature of this recruitment is that female candidates out number male candidates, the female candidates constitute 62 per cent of the total candidates. Besides, there are also 28 number of Transgender  candidates in the fray.
The selected candidates will be appointed, inter alia, to the post of Staff Nurse, Dietician, Health & Malaria Inspector, Pharmacist, Optometrist, and Radiographer. More than 50 % candidates will be appearing for the post of Staff Nurse.
AYUSH
AYUSH Minister launches e-AUSHADHI portal for Online Licensing System of AYUSH Medicine
Minister of State  for AYUSH, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik launched the e-AUSHADHI portal, for online licensing of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy drugs and related matters today at New Delhi. Addressing the gathering Shri Naik said that this e-AUSHADHI portal is intended for increased transparency, improved information management facility, improved data usability and increased accountability. The Minister informed that timelines will be fixed for processing of application through this portal with SMS and e-mail status updates at each step of the process. He said that such an initiative of the Ministry of AYUSH is a reflection of our Government’s commitment towards e-governance, ease of doing business and Make in India.
Speaking on the occasion Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH said that Ministry endeavours to come out with new initiatives and solutions to address the problems faced by practitioners, manufactures and consumers of AYUSH medicines. In this direction, this new e-portal is an acronym for Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy Automated Drug Help Initiative. He further added that this portal will not only aid the licensing authority , manufactures and consumers, as it will provide real time information of the licensed manufactures and their products, cancelled and spurious drugs, contact details of the concerned authority for specific grievances.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 107.63 Cr
More than 30.90 Lakh doses administered in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently at 98.23%
12,885 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload is lowest in 253 days
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 2% for last41 days
With the administration of 30,90,920 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 107.63 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 1,08,50,694 sessions.
The break-up of the cumulative figureas per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,03,79,479
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2nd Dose
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92,50,239
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,83,72,253
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2nd Dose
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1,59,98,007
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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42,26,22,413
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2nd Dose
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14,77,14,520
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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17,58,96,942
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2nd Dose
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9,81,31,225
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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11,03,49,903
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2nd Dose
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6,75,99,459
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Total
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1,07,63,14,440
The recovery of 15,054 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients  to 3,37,12,794.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.23%.
Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for 130 consecutive days now.
12,885 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The Active Caseload is presently at1,48,579 is lowest in 253 days.Active cases presently constitute 0.43% of the country's total Positive Cases, which is lowest since March 2020.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of
10,67,914tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over61.23 Cr  cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.17% remains less than 2% for the last 41 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be1.21%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below2% for last 31 days and below 3% for 66 consecutive days now.
Ministry of Home Affairs
FIGHT AGAINST CYBER CRIMES
'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects as per the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. States/UTs are primarily responsible for deployment of adequate infrastructure facilities, state-of-art technology gadgets, manpower and training of police personnel to combat the cyber crime menace. The Central Government supplements the initiatives of the State Governments through advisories and schemes for the capacity building of their Law Enforcement Agencies .
To strengthen the mechanism to deal with cyber crimes in a comprehensive and coordinated manner, the Central Government has taken steps for spreading awareness about cyber crimes, issuance of alerts/ advisories, capacity building/training of law enforcement personnel/ prosecutors/judicial officers, improving cyber forensic facilities, etc. The Government has established the ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre’  to provide a framework and eco-system for LEAs to deal with cyber crimes in a comprehensive and coordinated manner.
Seven Joint Cyber Coordination Teams have been constituted under I4C covering the whole country based upon cyber crime hotspots/ areas having multi jurisdictional issues by on boarding States/UTs to enhance the coordination framework among the LEAs of the States/UTs.
The Law Enforcement Agencies utilize the provisions of the Indian Penal Code  and Information Technology  Act, 2000 to deal with cyber crimes.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Ajay Kumar Mishra in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.
PIB Headquarters
INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT APPEALS FOR VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE
Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Region of the Income Tax Department is the fourth largest Direct Taxes contributor to the national exchequer. The Income Tax Department in TN & P has been undertaking a lot of steps to widen and deepen the tax base. The Department in the region has been following a dual strategy of tax payer awareness and enforcement in order to instill voluntary compliance and put up strong deterrence. As deterrence, the Income Tax Department in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry has launched prosecution against defaulters  for failure to file return of income in 191 cases,  for evading tax and for failure to pay tax in 58 cases and  for failure to deduct/remit taxes deducted at source  properly in 69 cases. The Department has been pursuing many such cases of defaults and will be taking appropriate action as per law.
While pursuing recovery of outstanding tax, interest, penalty the Income Tax Department has taken strong action against defaulters by attaching properties in 98 cases. Further, steps are being taken to auction such properties wherever the situation demands.
In order to instill voluntary compliance, the Income Tax Department has been sending communications to all those taxpayers who filed returns of income earlier but have been defaulting now, to make use of the time available to them till 31st March, 2018 to file the returns of income for the Assessment Years 2016-17  and 2017-18 . All may note that the Income Tax Act has been amended and it does not permit filing of return beyond the end of the relevant Assessment Year in case the taxpayer could not file the return within the normal period available under Section 139 of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
The Department makes fervent appeal to the tax payers and encourage them for voluntary compliance in order to avoid deterrence measures as taken in aforesaid cases of the defaulters.
Special Service and Features
Divisional Level ‘DAK ADALAT
It is proposed to conduct ‘DAK ADALAT” at Divisional Level on 28.09.22 at Office of the Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Chennai City Central Division, Sivagnanam Road, Chennai 600 017 at 1600 hours. The public may forward the complaints pertaining to this Division to the undersigned by furnishing the information such as date of booking of Registered letter, Parcel, Insured, VP and Money orders, Office of booking, address of both sender and addressee. Complaints, if any relating to Savings Bank accounts and Cash certificates etc., may also be sent. Complaints pertaining to the following offices may please be sent by post, Email-dochennaicitycentral@indiapost.gov.in
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1.T.Nagar HPO, Ch-i 600 017
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2.Mylapore HPO, Ch-600 004.
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3. Choolaimedu PO, Ch- 600 094
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4.Royapettah PO, Ch- 600 014
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5.Greames Road PO, Ch- 600 006
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6. Teynampet PO, Ch- 600 018
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7. Nungambakkam MDO, Ch-600 034
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8. Gopalapuram PO, Ch-600 086
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9.Tiruvallikeni PO, Ch-600 005
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10. T.Nagar North PO, Ch-600 017
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11. T.Nagar South PO, Ch-600 017
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12. Hindi Prachar Sabha PO, Ch-600 017
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13. Mandaveli PO, Ch-600 004
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14. Vivekananda College PO, Ch-600 004
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15.Shastri Bhavan PO, Ch-600 006
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16. DPI Complex PO, Ch-600 006
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17. Teynampet West PO, Ch-600 006
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18. Nungambakkam High Rd, Ch-600 034
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19. Loyola College, Ch-600 034
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20. Lloyds Estate, Ch-600 014
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21. Pr.Accountant General PO, Ch-600 018
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22. Chepauk PO, Ch-600 005
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23. Madras University PO, Ch-600 005
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24. Parthasarathy Koil PO, Ch-600 005.
According to the press release issued by The Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Chennai City Central Division, Major Divya.D.
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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
International Jaguar Day celebrated at National Zoological Park
The National Zoological Park, New Delhi  celebrated the International Jaguar Day, today. On this occasion National Zoological Park organized activities like Zoo Walk and Expert talk on ‘Big Cats and Jaguars’. Students from Little Star Public School participated in these events. Participation certificates, literature on wildlife conservation and souvenirs were given to the students to encourage them and arouse their curiosity in understanding the importance of nature and wildlife conservation.
Little Star Public School Students at Delhi Zoo on the occasion of International Jaguar Day
About International Jaguar Day:
International Jaguar Day was created to raise awareness about the increasing threats facing the jaguar and the critical conservation efforts ensuring its survival. Observed annually on November 29, International Jaguar Day celebrates the Americas’ largest wild cat as an umbrella species for biodiversity conservation and an icon for sustainable development and the centuries-old cultural heritage of Central and South America. This is the third largest Cat Predator of the World and an important species of Amazon Rainforest.
Jaguar in the wild
International Jaguar Day also represent the collective voice of jaguar range countries, in collaboration with national and international partners, to draw attention to the need to conserve jaguar corridors and their habitats as part of broader efforts to achieve the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Jaguars  are often mistaken for leopards, but can be differentiated due to the spots within the rosettes on their coats. While many cats avoid water, jaguars are great swimmers, and have even been known to swim the Panama Canal.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Shri Goyal exhorts G&J Industry to triple India’s sector exports to $100 billion
Shri Piyush Goyal inaugurates the Indian Jewellery Exposition Centre in Dubai
“The Centre will serve as a global business touch-point to give our produce to international countries across the world from the UAE”: Shri Goyal
PM Modi aims to make India the No. 1 in the world in the G&J sector of not only the Made in India but also Designed in India jewellery: Shri Goyal
Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal today called upon the G&J Industry to triple their exports target from about $35 billion exports at present to go for 100 Billion Dollar target worldwide,
Shri Goyal said the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has always focused on the Gems and Jewellery sector and aims to make India the No. 1 in the world in the G&J sector of not only the Made in India but also Designed in India jewellery.
“I am sure this Centre will also play an important role in helping us meet very, very ambitious target in our India-UAE business engagement and will serve as a global business touch-point to give our produce to international countries across the world from the UAE,” said Shri Goyal, in his address during the Inaugural Ceremony.
Stating that in the Vishnu Purana there is a description of ‘Syamantaka’ gem, which had the power to bring prosperity and plentitude to the possessor, Shri Goyal said jewellery has been part of our culture and tradition and represents as a symbol of style and status in the society.
The G&J sector, at about $35 billion exports, contributed to nearly 10 percent of over $400 Billion exports target India scaled this financial year.
UPSC
National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination , 2023–Declaration of Written Result Thereof
On the basis of the result of the written part of the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination,  2023 held by the Union Public Service Commission on 16th April, 2023, candidates with the under mentioned Roll Nos. have qualified for interview by the Services Selection Board  of the Ministry of Defence for Admission to Army, Navy and Air Force Wings of the National Defence Academy for the 151st Course and for the 113rd Indian Naval Academy Course  commencing from 2nd January, 2024. The result is also available at Commission’s website www.upsc.gov.in.
The candidature of all the candidates, whose Roll Nos. are shown in the list is provisional. In accordance with the conditions of their admission to the examination, “candidates are requested to register themselves online on the Indian Army Recruiting website joinindianarmy.nic.in within two weeks of announcement of written result. The successful candidates would then be allotted Selection Centers and dates, of SSB interview which shall be communicated on registered e-mail ID. Any candidate who has already registered earlier on the site will not be required to do so. In case of any query/ Login problem, e-mail be forwarded to dir-recruiting6-mod[at]nic[dot]in.”
“Candidates are also requested to submit original certificates of Age and Educational Qualification to respective Service Selection Boards  during the SSB interview.” The candidates must not send the Original Certificates to the Union Public Service Commission. For any further information, the candidates may contact Facilitation Counter near Gate ‘C’ of the Commission, either in person or on telephone Nos. 011-23385271/011-23381125/011-23098543 between 10:00 hours and 17:00 hours on any working day. In addition for SSB/Interview related matter the candidates may contact over telephone no. 011-26175473 or joinindianarmy.nic.in for Army as first choice, 011-23010097/ Email: officer-navy[at]nic[dot]in or joinindiannavy.gov.in for Navy/ Naval Academy as first choice and 011-23010231 Extn. 7645/7646/7610 or www.careerindianairforce.cdac.in for Air Force as first choice.
The mark-sheets of the candidates will be put on the Commission’s website within fifteen  days from the date of publication of final result.  and will remain available on the website for a period of thirty  days.
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Ministry of Science & Technology
Neutral electron flow detected in Graphene could shape future quantum computation
Physicists studying have detected counter propagating channels in two layered graphene along which certain neutral quasiparticles move in opposite directions breaking conventional norms. The detection has potential to shape the future quantum computation.
When a strong magnetic field is applied to a 2D material or gas, the electrons at the interface – unlike the ones within the bulk – are free to move along the edges in what are called edge modes or channels – somewhat similar to highway lanes. This phenomenon called the quantum Hall effect has given rise to a platform for hosting exotic emerging quasiparticles, with properties that could lead to exciting applications in area of quantum computing. This edge movement, which is the essence of the quantum Hall effect, can lead to many interesting properties depending on the material and conditions.
For conventional electrons, the current flows only in one direction dictated by the magnetic field . However, physicists had earlier predicted that some materials can have counter-propagating channels where some quasiparticles can also travel in the opposite  direction. However, these channels they have been extremely difficult to identify because they do not carry any electrical current.
Left panel: Downstream  and upstream . Middle panel: the schematic for noise measurement for “upstream” mode detection. Right panel: The noise is detected for fractional quantum Hall states with “upstream” modes whereas it remains zero for only downstream modes.
In a new study, researchers from the Indian Institute of Science  have provided “smoking gun” evidence for the presence of upstream modes along which certain neutral quasiparticles move in two-layered graphene. To detect these modes or channels, the team used a novel method employing electrical noise – fluctuations in the output signal caused by heat dissipation. The research supported by Science and Engineering Research Board , a statutory body under the Department of Science and Technology , has been published in the journal Nature Communications.
“Though the upstream excitations are charge-neutral, they can carry heat energy and produce a noise spot along the upstream direction,” explains Dr. Anindya Das, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, and corresponding author of the study published in Nature Communications.
In the current study, when the researchers applied an electrical potential to the edge of two-layered graphene, they found that heat was transported only in the upstream channels and dissipated at certain “hotspots” in that direction. At these spots, the heat generated electrical noise could be picked up by an electrical resonance circuit and spectrum analyzer.
“The detection of “upstream” modes, is critical for the emergent modes with exotic quantum statistics, which has potential to shape the future flaunt-tolerant quantum computation.”
Publication:
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27805-4
Cabinet
Cabinet approves extension of time limit for availing the benefits of "Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana" for Ujjwala beneficiaries by three months w.e.f. 01.07.2020
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas for extension of time limit by three months w.e.f. 01.07.2020 for availing the benefits of “Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana" for Ujjwala beneficiaries
The Government had announced a relief package " Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana" aimed at providing a safety net to the poor and vulnerable who had been hit the hardest by the pandemic. The package also included relief for poor families who had availed of an LPG connection under PMUY. Under the PMGKY-Ujjwala, it was decided to provide free of cost refills for PMUY consumers for a period of 3 months w.e.f. 01.04.2020.
Under the Scheme, Rs. 9709.86 Cr was transferred directly into the bank accounts of Ujjwala beneficiaries during April- June 2020 and 11.97 Crore cylinders were delivered to the PMUY beneficiaries. The scheme went a long way to ameliorate the suffering and disruption caused due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
On review of the scheme, it has been observed that a section of PMUY beneficiaries are yet to utilize the advance credited into their account to purchase the cylinder refill within the scheme period. Hence, the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas to extend the time-limit for availing the advance by three months. This will benefit those PMUY beneficiaries who have been credited with the advance for buying the cylinder, but have not been able to purchase the refill. Thus, the beneficiaries who already have the advance transferred to their account can now take the free refill delivery till 30th September.
Ministry of Power
“SHAKTI” to secure coal supply for TPPs
Domestic coal is supplied to thermal power plants  in accordance with the linkages awarded to them by the Government, for which Fuel Supply Agreements  have been signed. Besides, domestic coal is also supplied through e-auction and captive coal blocks.
For the power plants commissioned prior to 2009, the FSAs have been signed based on the consumption pattern by the plants. Subsequently, linkages have been awarded under New Coal Distribution Policy-2007. Presently, the TPPs secure linkages through a new policy named SHAKTI [Scheme for harnessing and Allocating Koyala  Transparently in India] which was issued by Ministry of Coal in May, 2017.
As per the current import policy, coal is kept under Open General License  and consumers are free to import coal from the source of their choice as per their contractual prices on payment of applicable duty. Ministry of Power, on 07.12.2021, has permitted import of coal for blending purpose for the period of 2022-23 by NTPC and DVC upto 10% of coal required for ensuring 85% Declared Capacity  of its plants. In respect of State Gencos and Independent Power Producers , blending upto 4% has been advised.
This information was given by Shri R. K Singh, Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.